Travel Blogs from The Netherlands

... emigrated and keeping their documents up to date, others hoping they don't have to suddenly head back perhaps.
At least the embassy staff was reasonably friendly, even though the only documents I had were photocopies.
This train station is not ...

A near- four hour wait at Amsterdam Schiphol, but time passed quickly because of the amount of duty-free shops to look round. I also saw works of art by Franz Hals, Johan Barthold Jongkind, Karel Appel and more at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam ...

... . I wanted to revisit Madurodam, a miniature village, which I had seen as a child. It was everything I remembered and more. The models were of real buildings from all over Holland with excellent explanations. They were exquisitely made to a scale of 1:25 ...

... left and right where the canal divides. The countryside is populated by contented Friesans being stripped grazed on verdant pastures, the occassional modern white wind turbine, large flocks of ducks, fat rabbits and numerous bridges - all modern in this ...

... ; having coffee, enjoying the sunshine. At night the city still was alive with bars and clubs. BELOW IS FOR OUR ENTIRE NETHERLANDS TRIP Food & Drink Favourite Local Dish: Stroopwaffel – two waffels with hot caramel in the middle New Tastes: ...

... hotel, we start at the Van Gogh Museum and follow the various stages of his life through his paintings. I find myself analysing the compositions after having recently done a colour workshop as a glass course. Damn you, colour wheels and triads! There are ...

After a car ride, 2 buses, 2 trains and a plance ride I arrived in The Hague in Holland.
I came here for 1 reason and that was to see my Godfather Harry and his wife Joanne. I havent seen them for 13 years and I had a 1 day window of opportunity to ...

Day 16 Woke up nice and early and started exploring. I walked up and down the beautiful street of Amsterdam. There's so much culture! There are canals that run every block, the houses are spectacular and the churches are gorgeous. In the morning I did a ...

... work off the 'poffertjes' (small dutch pancakes) we ate for lunch. The sun snuck out only a few times, but regardless of the cooler weather we were surprised at how much we enjoyed TheNetherlands. It's defiantly inspired us to use our bikes a bit ...

... of the judges of the ICC. The ICJ is located in the Peace Palace, a beautiful building that was created by theNetherlands, a formerly neutral country, to hold peace-keeping hearings, because Nicholas of Russia did not want to go to war with Germany ...

... to get scanned at the starting line it was BLEEP! and I was away. The adrenaline was making me rush and I battled my way through the crowds, setting a ridiculously fast pace. I knew it was too fast, but I felt good and needed to get some miles under me. ...

... I went to the Mauritshuis Museum which holds Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ painting and Rembrandts’ ‘The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicoleas Tulp’ (which we learnt on our tour, was painted in Amsterdam) as well as ...

... griddle. I was surprisingly good at flipping them, which I credited to my childhood adoration for "mini pancakes" :) The festival also has a shows, mainly of smaller Dutch performers including comedians, dancers and other circus type entertainment. We ...

... really hurts. I'm quite sad to be on my way back. My few weeks there was a great, if slightly Disneyfied, introduction to the vast, amazing, maddening and beautiful continent that is Africa. (My trip to Morocco a few years ago doesn't count, in my ...

... were working but none were open cause it was winter. got some good dutch photos then headed to rotterdam. we went to the cube houses. a famous housing development of diamond shapped houses, it was very confusing how you could pssibly live in a diamond ...

This is the end of the Up The Creek blog. The boat trip through Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Germany and theNetherlands has been very relaxing and enjoyable. The food on the boat has been bountiful and both of us have put on too many kilos. In ...

... indestructible etcetcetc) We went to an old citadel that was very historic and fascinating. We then proceeded to a brewery where I ordered the bierghoulash which was heavy and delicious. We also had beer liqueor as well as ordinary beer and overall had a ...

... clogs are made, it was insane how quick he could make one. They are such versatile shoes too! I wish I had room to buy some. The cheese demonstration was pretty cool too, saw how they made it and got to try all of them. I purchased a smoked bacon cheese ...

... or in Dutch, Den Haag. With about half a million inhabitants, it's the Netherland’s third most populous city. TheNetherlands is unique in that the government and capital are not the same location. As mentioned previously, Amsterdam is ...

... I wish we had seen last night, we made it to Pancakes! I chose a savory pancake, ham, chambert, and chicory. Dmitriy ordered the sweet pancake, just bananas. They were both gooey and flavorful, just like Dmitriy fails to make at home. Dmitriy won the ...

... to know when to start this diary. With Monday spent sorting out and saying goodbye to Dave's folks, then packing through the night, Julian & Cindy dropped us off at Bristol airport around 5am. A short hopper flight left us with around 4 ...

... a 1.25 hr flight (15 mins) earlier and amazingly no one wanted to see our passports on departing Denmark or arriving in TheNetherlands? Our next challenge was to buy the train ticket find the station and the right platform, with tickets costing ...